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Orange County Indexed

Child support order: Francis Nash, Sarah Roberts

August 1801 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered Francis Nash to pay Sarah Roberts in five yearly installments.

Kind of business
Child support order
Court
August 1801 term
People
Amounts
Twenty seven pounds

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 6, page 232
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1801 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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